Soft tissue rapid prototyping in neurosurgery

✍ Scribed by Michael Vloeberghs; Frazer Hatfield; Farhanj Daemi; Philip Dickens

• Book ID: 101232666
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 181 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1092-9088
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0150(1998)3:2<95::aid-igs7>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

As part of our research into the fluid hydrodynamics of the human ventricular system, a fused deposition model of the human ventricular system was made using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. This article describes the manufacturing of a positive cast of the ventricles as a first step in the construction of a hollow model. After decryption of the original MRI file (ACR-Nema format), the MRI slices were reassembled semiautomatically and a rapid prototyping station produced a resin model. Because of its ease and speed, this method harbors great potential for teaching purposes, research, and preoperative planning in complex three-dimensional soft tissue targets.